Re: [smartmontools-support] smartctl health check fails

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

Chanda Yadavalli (cyadaval) wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using smartmontools 6.1 on a server with an LSI Megaraid controller.
> I notice that my Toshiba SATA drive, when in RAID mode, fails the 
> health check
> command, whereas in JBOD mode, it passes.
> Here is sample output in RAID mode:
> ==
> sh-4.2# smartctl -H -d megaraid,4 /dev/sda
> smartctl 6.1 2013-03-16 r3800 [x86_64-linux-3.10.4] (local build)
> ...
> REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=SMART STATUS CHECK
> Input:   FR=0xda, SC=...., LL=...., LM=0x4f, LH=0xc2, DEV=...., CMD=0xb0
> *[ata pass-through(16): 85 06 2c 00 da 00 00 00 00 00 4f 00 c2 00 b0 00 ]*
> sat_device::ata_pass_through: scsi_pass_through() failed, errno=38 
> [ATA return descriptor not supported by controller firmware]
> REPORT-IOCTL: Device=/dev/sdb Command=SMART STATUS CHECK returned -1 
> errno=38 [ATA return descriptor not supported by controller firmware]
> SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
> Warning: This result is based on an Attribute check.

The error message does not indicate a disk problem.

This controller's firmware does not fully implement SAT ATA 
PASS-THROUGH. ATA output registers are not provided in ATA return 
descriptor which is part of SCSI sense data. This info is needed for 
SMART STATUS.

Thanks,
Christian